1. “Rules for Making Plurals” Learning Zone - Inglés
Universidad Metropolitana Título V Campus
“Rules for Making Plurals”
Learning Zone - Inglés

2. Rule # 1 Add an (s) to form the plural of most of words.
Examples: book – books
bug – bugs
friend- friends
tutor – tutors
flower - flowers

3. Rule # 2
For words that end in (s, z, x, ch, sh, ss) add (es) to form the plural.
Examples: quiz - quizzes
box - boxes
church –churches
bush – bushes
class – classes

4. Rule # 3 If the word ends in a vowel + (y)
[ay, ey, iy, oy, uy] add an (s) to the word.
Examples: tray – trays
key – keys
stay – stays
toy - toys
buy – buys

5. Rule # 4
If the word ends in a consonant + (y) change the (y) into (i) and add (es) to form the plural.
Examples: enemy – enemies
cherry – cherries
baby – babies
party – parties
dictionary - dictionaries

6. Rule # 5
For words that end in (f), drop the (f) change it to (v) & add (es) for the plural. For words that end in (fe), change the (f) to (v) & ad (es) to form the plural.
Examples: wolf - wolves
wife - wives
knife – knives
self – selves

7. Rule # 6
For nouns that end in a consonant + (o) add (es) to make the noun plural.
Examples: tomato – tomatoes
hero - heroes
potato – potatoes
volcano - volcanoes

8. I. Some nouns change spelling in the plurals.
Irregular Plurals
I. Some nouns change spelling in the plurals.
Singular
Plural
child
children
man
men
woman
women
foot
feet
mouse
mice
person
people
goose
geese

9. Irregular Plurals II. Some nouns do not change in plural.
one deer – two deer
one sheep – three sheep
one fish – four fish

10. Irregular Plurals c. Some nouns are always plural. - scissors
- pajamas
- eyeglasses
- shorts
- clothes
- plants
Examples:
1.My pajamas.
2.Susan’s shorts.
3.Lilly likes plants.

11. Practice 1. party - parties - partys 2. shoes - shoeses - shoe
Click the word that has the correct plural form.
1. party - parties - partys
2. shoes - shoeses - shoe
3. fox - foxs - foxes
4. gallery - galleries - gallerys
5. weeks - weekes - week
6. bus - buses - buseses
7. elves - elf - elfes
8. leaf - leaves - leafes
9. watches - watch - watchs
10. stereo - stereoses - stereos
11. month - months – monthes
12. witches – witch - witcheses

12. Bibliography

13. Prepared by:
Cristabel R. Ocasio Ilarraza
Nirazette L. González Abella

14. Very Good!!

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